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irish reunification

Taoiseach says he 'believes in Irish unity' but is 'not into timelines' after Trump weighs in

Micheál Martin also accused Sinn Féin of using rhetoric that was “digging trenches” and “harking back to the 1970s”.

independence talks

'Westminster’s time is coming to an end': SF, SNP and Plaid Cymru sign deal to push for referendums

trumps on tour

40 shades of green: Social posts from Trump's team hint this was very much a family jolly

Must ReadThe Morning Lead

A Dublin hospital recorded almost 4,000 incidents of violence or aggression over three years

leaf early

Dublin train timetable revised to account for leaves on the tracks

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Courts

Dublin man (70) sent for trial accused of laundering over €55k in crime proceeds

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Drone strike

'Entirely plausible' that target of Russian drone could have been Boris Johnson's diplomatic train

Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson was on a train at the station when the drone hit.

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trumps on tour

40 shades of green: Social posts from Trump's team hint this was very much a family jolly

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irish reunification

Taoiseach says he 'believes in Irish unity' but is 'not into timelines' after Trump weighs in

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up up up

The price of home heating oil has climbed sharply since the start of the month

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leaf early

Dublin train timetable revised to account for leaves on the tracks

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SPOTLIGHT

Trump in Ireland The weekend was supposed to dedicated to golf, but the US president's surprise comments on Irish unity dominated headlines

over and out

Trump's cocktail to win over the Irish: booze and reunification

AT DEERFIELD

Trump, Martin and the united Ireland curveball nobody in the room saw coming

analysis

Thousands take to Dublin streets to protest 'warmonger

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protests

Trump told the Irish Open trophy ceremony that he's removing tariffs from Irish whiskey

Oidhreacht Bheo

Éileamh go mbeadh cosaint mar chuid den oidhreacht domhanda ag bolláil bhóthair

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independence talks

'Westminster’s time is coming to an end': SF, SNP and Plaid Cymru sign deal to push for referendums

The leaders declared that “Westminster’s time is coming to an end” and called on the British government to “prepare for, plan and facilitate constitutional change”.

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The Daily Poll

Do you think there should be a dedicated school bus plan in Dublin?

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stark warning

A missing teenager and a child placed in hospital: Stories from Ireland's care system

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Courts

Two men to appear before court after fatal incident in Leopardstown last month

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Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Devolved nations push for independence, Swedish elections are too close to call, and Trump leaves Ireland.

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Must ReadEpisode Review

'I've never been so happy to be blackmailed': Saints become sinners in the latest Traitors episode

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Perth

Surfer (50s) hospitalised in Western Australia after shark attack

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From The 42Tennis

Alexander Zverev holds off Ben Shelton to win US Open

The 42

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Columnbualadh bos

Raising them right: After 14 years learning Irish, it's safe to say... níl a fhios agam

Niamh O'Reilly

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VOICES

Voices at The Journal

ECB interest rate hike

What does it mean for mortgage holders and what should you do?

Ralph Benson

9/11 – 25 years on

'The towers suddenly came into view, only the bottom halves were visible'

Marion McKeone

Trade Towers Down

9/11 was televised. I was in New York that day. I’m glad I didn’t have a phone

Lise Hand

Suicide in Ireland

Doctors can’t predict suicide, but we can try to prevent it

Dr Stephen McWilliams

Sulky racing

The real trauma suffered by these horses

Suzi Walsh

My ADHD diagnosis

Ten ADHD traits that took me by surprise after diagnosis

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narrow margins

Sweden's centre-left inches ahead of far right as election too close to call

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Retirement

More people are paying into a pension, but most don't expect a good standard of living in retirement

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Must ReadThe Morning Lead

A Dublin hospital recorded almost 4,000 incidents of violence or aggression over three years

Staff at St James’s Hospital were most likely to be impacted.

Noel Baker

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Yesterday

13th September 2026

Must Readover and out

Trump's cocktail to win over the Irish: booze and reunification

Forgive the pun, but spirits within the Irish government could not be higher after Trump’s parting tariff gift.

Jane Matthews

Reports from Doonbeg

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From The 42the champion

Sensational Lowry blocks out the noise to clinch Irish Open in record-breaking style

At the end of a tournament unlike any other, Lowry’s scintillating performance relegated everybody else in Doonbeg to a walk-on part.

The 42

reports from Trump International, Doonbeg

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Quiz

Quiz: How much do you know about movie witches?

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trade-up

Another EV scrappage scheme for old cars could be on the cards for next year

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evening fix

Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

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British American Tobacco

Health campaigners raise concerns over heavy marketing of nicotine pouches at festivals

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OpinionHow I Spend My Money

Money Diaries: An IT consultant on €76.5K living in the southeast of the country

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investigates

Recent investigations from our team shining a light on how Ireland works

Foster Care

Tusla can't say how many foster carers were removed due to complaints or allegations

Licence Applications

Who's behind the seaweed harvesting applications covering over 14,000 hectares of Ireland's coastline?

Seaweed Harvesting

Maritime regulator investigating multiple claims of illegal seaweed harvesting in protected areas

New Drugs

'An arms race': the evolving new synthetic drugs that need fresh methods to detect them

Illegal Wildfires

Ireland has one of Europe’s highest rates of wildfire overlap with protected nature sites

Water Use

Data centres used almost one billion litres of water last year, but another industry used far more

golfing trade

Donald Trump told the Irish Open trophy ceremony that he's removing tariffs from Irish whiskey

Trump presented Shane Lowry with the Irish Open trophy in Doonbeg.

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From The 42Premier League

10-man City beat United in dramatic Manchester derby

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Near miss

Former UK PM Boris Johnson among officials nearly blown up at train station in Ukraine

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your stories

Kids' extracurricular activities: we want to hear your stories

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From The 42Uibh Fhailí abú

Shane Lowry dominates Irish Open for emotional Doonbeg victory

Offaly man triumphs in style.

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Middle East

Taoiseach defends not referring to situation in Gaza as 'genocide' during meeting with Trump

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Tyrone

Man (39) charged with kidnapping and hijacking after boarding a bus armed with knife in Omagh

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Making waves

Trump's united Ireland 'love' made waves not just in Ireland but around the world

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independence questions

Sinn Féin's O'Neill and other UK nationalist leaders to jointly push Westminster for referendums

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Artificial Intelligence

'Whoever wins AI wins': Trump dismisses tech chiefs' concerns AI development is moving too fast

Updated 22 hrs ago

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Clare

Two women appear in court charged with offences on Trump’s Doonbeg golf course

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Doonbeg

'One of the naturals of all time': Trump doubles down on support for a united Ireland

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Java

Six dead and 130 missing after ferry capsizes in Indonesia

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Seriesthe big reno clinic

Why am I getting tender quotes that are higher than I expected?

Quantity surveyor Shay Lally from Houses to Restore gives readers the heads-up to why their specific project might cost more – and why guidelines are just that.

Shay Lally

Quantity surveyor

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